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2026 Women's Swim & Dive National Qualifiers

Women's Swimming & Diving Cooper Weidenthaler, Assistant Director for Media Relations

Two Swimmers and Two Divers From Women's Team Advance to National Championships

Belmore and Muccioli are each scheduled to compete in three events.

DETROIT -- Two swimmers and two divers from the Wayne State University women's swimming and diving team will travel to Evansville, Ind., next month for the 2026 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving National Championships on March 10-14 at the Deaconess Aquatic Center.

The two swimmers selected by the committee were:

Graduate Elly Belmore (St. Clair Shores, Mich. / Lakeview)
14th seed - 200 IM - 2:03.16
15th seed - 400 IM - 4:22.74
21st seed - 200 back - 2:00.96

Senior Diana Muccioli (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North)
23rd seed - 1650 free - 17:11.76
30th seed - 1000 free - 10:16.90
37th seed - 500 free - 5:01.60

In addition, sophomore Alicia Viaches (East Lansing, Mich. / Haslett) and freshman Ariana Heugh (Macomb, Mich. / Dakota) will compete on March 10th in the NCAA Diving pre-qualifications.  Each diver will do six dives on each board with the top eight on each board automatically qualifying for the Championships.  A maximum of 22 divers will compete on each board (Thursday - women's three-meter; and Saturday - women's one-meter).

 
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Players Mentioned

Elly Belmore

Elly Belmore

IM/Breast
5' 6"
Graduate Student
Ariana Heugh

Ariana Heugh

Diving
5' 8"
Freshman
Diana Muccioli

Diana Muccioli

Distance Free
5' 5"
Senior
Alicia Viaches

Alicia Viaches

Diving
5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Elly Belmore

Elly Belmore

5' 6"
Graduate Student
IM/Breast
Ariana Heugh

Ariana Heugh

5' 8"
Freshman
Diving
Diana Muccioli

Diana Muccioli

5' 5"
Senior
Distance Free
Alicia Viaches

Alicia Viaches

5' 6"
Sophomore
Diving